Graphing logarithms of the form y=log_{b}(x) with b>1

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Graphing exponentials of the form y=b^x with b>1	Ready to use	Ben Brawn	07/03/2025 05:47
Graphing exponentials of the form y=b^x with 0<b<1	Ready to use	Ben Brawn	07/03/2025 05:47
Graphing exponentials with vertical transformations and base>1	Ready to use	Ben Brawn	07/03/2025 05:47
Graphing exponentials with horizontal and vertical transformations and base>1	Ready to use	Ben Brawn	07/03/2025 05:47
Graphing logarithms of the form y=log_{b}(x) with b>1	Ready to use	Ben Brawn	03/03/2025 00:25
Graphing logarithms with vertical transformations and base>1	Ready to use	Ben Brawn	03/03/2025 00:25
Graphing logarithms with horizontal and vertical transformations and base>1	Ready to use	Ben Brawn	03/03/2025 00:25
Jamie's copy of Graphing logarithms of the form y=log_{b}(x) with b>1	draft	Jamie Wood	19/09/2017 12:36
Jamie's copy of Graphing logarithms with vertical transformations and base>1	draft	Jamie Wood	19/09/2017 12:38
Jamie's copy of Graphing exponentials with horizontal and vertical transformations and base>1	draft	Jamie Wood	19/09/2017 13:33
Jamie's copy of Graphing exponentials with vertical transformations and base>1	draft	Jamie Wood	19/09/2017 13:29
Jamie's copy of Graphing logarithms with horizontal and vertical transformations and base>1	draft	Jamie Wood	19/09/2017 12:43
Jamie's copy of Graphing exponentials of the form y=b^x with b>1	draft	Jamie Wood	19/09/2017 13:07
Maria's copy of Graphing exponentials of the form y=b^x with b>1	draft	Maria Aneiros	25/05/2019 08:02
Exam04 - Exponentials	draft	Michael Proudman	07/12/2021 09:54
nuExam04 - Exponentials	draft	Michael Proudman	07/12/2021 09:54
Graphing exponentials with vertical transformations and base>1	draft	Xiaodan Leng	11/07/2019 01:13
Graphing exponentials with vertical transformations and base>1	draft	Xiaodan Leng	11/07/2019 01:26
Graphing exponentials with horizontal and vertical transformations and base>1	draft	Xiaodan Leng	11/07/2019 01:27
Graphing exponentials of the form y=b^x with 0<b<1	draft	Xiaodan Leng	11/07/2019 01:31
Graphing exponentials of the form y=b^x with b>1	draft	Xiaodan Leng	11/07/2019 01:32
Graphing logarithms with horizontal and vertical transformations and base>1	draft	Xiaodan Leng	11/07/2019 02:17
Graphing logarithms of the form y=log_{b}(x) with b>1	draft	Xiaodan Leng	11/07/2019 02:18
Graphing logarithms with vertical transformations and base>1	draft	Xiaodan Leng	11/07/2019 02:18

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The following questions will gauge your understanding of logarithms and how to graph them.

The logarithm you will be working with for this question is

$y=\log_{\var{b}}(x).$

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The $x$-intercept of $y=\log_{\var{b}}(x)$ is the point $\large($Gap 0., Gap 1.$\large)$.

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a) To find the $x$-intercept, substitute $y=0$ into the equation: $0=\log_{\var{b}}(x)$ which is equivalent to $\var{b}^0=x$, i.e. $x=1$. Therefore, the $x$-intercept is the point $(1,0)$.

b) Substitute $y=1$ into the equation: $1=\log_{\var{b}}(x)$ which is equivalent to $\var{b}^1=x$, i.e. $x=\var{b}$. Therefore, another easily found point is $(\var{b},1)$.

c) Let's investigate what happens to the value of $y$ when the value of $x$ is increased by a factor of $\var{b}$:

\[\log_{\var{b}}(\var{b}x)=\log_{\var{b}}(\var{b})+\log_{\var{b}}(x)=1+\log_{\var{b}}(x)\]

This is the old $y$ value plus 1, so we can say that $y$ is increased by 1.

d) As $x$ gets larger and larger, $y$ gets larger and larger. Even though the rate of increase slows, $y$ continues to grow without bound.

e) An asymptote is a line or curve that approaches a given curve arbitrarily closely. For the curve $y=\log_{\var{b}}(x)$ the closer $x$ gets to zero (approaching from the right), the smaller $y$ gets (without bound). In other words, as $x$ approaches $0$ from the right, $y$ approaches negative infinity. This means that the asymptote for $y=\log_{\var{b}}(x)$ is the line $x=0$ (the $y$-axis).

f) Given all the information above, it should be clear that the graph should look like

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This question is used in the following exams:

Graphing logarithms by Ben Brawn in Graphing and Polynomials.
P8 - Exponentials & Logarithms by Rob Beckett in Rob's workspace.
Graphing and Polynomials by Chris Templet in Chris's workspace.

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